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Sep 16, 2011 9:33 PM CST
Name: Fred Rump
Naples, Fl
enjoying what nature has to offer
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Bromeliad Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Region: United States of America Tropicals
Ponds Orchids Region: Florida Ferns Enjoys or suffers cold winters
dave said:

Fred, it's not difficult for us to add fields like this.

I'm not sure what "landscape and/or greenhouse" means, though. Confused


Well the question is asked about uses of a particular plant. You don't use an orchid as a landscape plant but in tropical or subtropical areas you would have choices for various other plants that others in cooler climate don't have. Their bromeliads have to be kept in pots and in greenhouses. Here in SW FL i use them in my landscape design. So the choice for plants of a tropical nature can be one or the other or both.

This shows plants in use in a landscape scenario:


up north these plants could also be in somebody's living room or a greenhouse. The dilemma then is use depends on location. There is no place I can check a small bromeliad except as a houseplant among the following list:Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Guardian plant
Groundcover
Shade Tree
Street Tree
Flowering Tree
Water gardens
Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Attracts Bees
Attracts Birds
Attracts Butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds
Will Naturalize
Suitable for xeriscaping
Suitable as Annual
Suitable as a houseplant
Suitable for terrariums

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